Comparison

Reading Therapy vs Advanced Language Therapy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Reading Therapy

This app provides adults and older children with neurological impairments or special needs practice in reading comprehension. It offers over 1800 exercises across four modes, with customizable options and visual aids to support learning and track progress.

Highlights
  • 1800+ phrase and sentence exercises
  • Four distinct practice modes
  • Customizable exercise creation
  • Full-color photographs
  • Automated scoring and data tracking
  • Child-friendly mode
  • Report-ready progress emails
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1800+ phrase & sentence level reading comprehension tasks with the option of creating your own exercises! **Try for FREE as part of Language Therapy Lite or purchase in our 4-in-1 bundle: Language Therapy ** This app gives adults with neurological impairment (stroke, brain injury, aphasia) and older children with special needs the practice they need in between reading words and reading stories. It's a digital workbook of semantically organized reading comprehension tasks with the added ability for you to create your own exercises in each mode! Goal Areas: Reading Comprehension, Attention, Problem Solving, Visual Processing, Reasoning Can be used with: Aphasia, Alexia, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Cognitive-Communication Impairment, Brain Injury, Early Language Learners, Language Learning Disability, Autism, English as a Second Language Learners Features: *4 modes with over 450 exercises each, for 1,800+ reading comprehension practice items 1)Phrase Matching 2)Sentence Matching 3)Phrase Completion 4)Sentence Completion *Hundreds of clear full-color photographs selected by a Speech-Language Pathologist used in both matching modes *Carefully-crafted foils on each exercise challenge users to read carefully *Clean interface with symbol support allows for independent use *Automated scoring allows for easy data-tracking *Wrong answers are grayed out once selected *Forward and back buttons allow users to skip items and go back to discuss completed items or retry skipped exercises *Child-friendly mode removes references to adult themes and disables links to outside sites *Users see their answers paired with the stimulus for reinforcement of the correct answer *Turn any picture/word on or off *Limit answer choices to 2, 3, or 4, or automatically adjust based on performance *Results can be e-mailed in a ​report-ready format so clients can keep their therapist informed of their progress and therapists can send results to themselves for charting later, using the copy-and-paste ready format to decrease documentation time

About

Advanced Language Therapy

This app offers four advanced speech therapy tools designed to improve language and communication skills for individuals with aphasia or cognitive-communication impairments. It focuses on comprehension, word-finding, reading, and writing through various evidence-based activities.

Highlights
  • Advanced comprehension practice
  • Word-finding and verbal expression
  • Paragraph-level reading practice
  • Typing and sound-letter relationships
  • Evidence-based therapy techniques
Currently charting
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Take your aphasia therapy to the next level with four evidence-based advanced apps that build on the skills established the best-selling Language Therapy 4-in-1 app. This new value-priced advanced app gives you four popular speech therapy apps for the price of three to help you improve. YOU'LL GET THESE 4 APPS: ----- 1) ADVANCED COMPREHENSION THERAPY Practice understanding sentences with three activities to improve listening and reading skills. ------- 2) ADVANCED NAMING THERAPY Practice word-finding skills with four activities to improve verbal expression. ------- 3) ADVANCED READING THERAPY Practice reading at the paragraph-level with three levels of difficulty with comprehension questions and audio support. ------- 4) ADVANCED WRITING THERAPY Practice typing at the word, sentence, and paragraph levels along with strengthening sound-letter relationships. ----- WHO IS THIS APP FOR? *Stroke survivors with mild or moderate aphasia (impaired language) *Brain injury survivors with high-level cognitive-communication impairments *Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who work with adult communication TRY FOR FREE! Download Advanced Language Therapy Lite to try each of the four apps for free. Then purchase all four in Advanced Language Therapy, or purchase only the ones you need separately. THE TACTUS THERAPY DIFFERENCE In all Tactus Therapy apps for speech therapy, you'll get wifi-free use, no log-ins, and no subscriptions. The activities are based on researched techniques that work. The content is designed with adults in mind, yet can easily be used with older children and teens. Support is built-in to encourage independent use for home practice while being flexible for in-clinic use with a qualified clinician. Looking for something different in a speech therapy app? We offer a wide range to choose from. Find the right one for you at tactustherapy.com/find

Screenshots

Reading Therapy4 screens
Advanced Language Therapy4 screens

Verdict

The call

Reading Therapy and Advanced Language Therapy both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Reading Therapy's written reviews are positive against 40% of Advanced Language Therapy's. Reading Therapy also leads on price ($29.99 vs $89.99). Advanced Language Therapy's advantage is ratings volume (798 vs 79) and chart position (#187 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Reading Therapy costs $29.99 and Advanced Language Therapy $89.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Reading Therapy against 4.7 for Advanced Language Therapy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Advanced Language Therapy has 798 ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Reading Therapy's written reviews are positive against 40% of Advanced Language Therapy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Therapy ships an update every 4 months, Advanced Language Therapy every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Reading Therapy versus Advanced Language Therapy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading TherapyAdvanced Language Therapy
Price$29.99 — better$89.99
Rating4.8 (79 ratings) — better4.7 (798 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings79798 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#187 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.09.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB345 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.Tactus Therapy Solutions Ltd.

Customer experience

Reading Therapy

All ratings79 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Advanced Language Therapy

All ratings798 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Reading Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

Advanced Language Therapy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reading Therapy free?
Reading Therapy costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Advanced Language Therapy free?
Advanced Language Therapy costs $89.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reading Therapy or Advanced Language Therapy?
Reading Therapy is rated higher. Reading Therapy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Advanced Language Therapy averages 4.7 from 798 ratings.
Do Reading Therapy or Advanced Language Therapy have ads?
Neither Reading Therapy nor Advanced Language Therapy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Therapy or Advanced Language Therapy?
Reading Therapy ships an update every 4 months, and Advanced Language Therapy every 3 months. Most recently, Reading Therapy was updated on September 22, 2026 and Advanced Language Therapy on September 21, 2026.

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